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Add MS 52930 Y
- Record Id:
- 040-002003774
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-002003749
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000672.0x000227
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 52930 Y
- Title:
- Scope & Content:
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‘The Corsican brothers’, ‘legendary drama in three acts dramatised from A. Dumas’s romance Les Frères Corses by E. Grangé and Xavier de Montépin. Translated and adapted to the English stage by Charles Webb. Printed from the acting copy with remarks [ … ] by D – G-.’ Printed (Cumberland’s British theatre, no. 387; 1852.) Licence sent 18 March 1852 for performance at the Grecian Saloon 18 March 1852. Advertising on front and back covers. For other versions see Add. 43037 H, 52930 P, 52930 S, 52930 Z, and 52931 G. For burlesqued versions see 52931 I and 52931 L. Keywords: twins, the supernatural, French influence, French, Corsican brothers, Corsica, festivals and celebrations, family relationships, adultery, duelling.
ff. 23.
Alexandre Dumas, Père, French writer: Eugène Pierre Basté, called 'Eugene Grangé'; dramatist: Charles Webb, writer of plays: Xavier de Montépin, writer of plays: 'The Corsican brothers', drama in three acts by 'E. Grangé' and Xavier de Montépin, based on the romance by A. Dumas, père and translated and adapted for the English stage by Charles Webb: circa 1852: Printed.
Charles Webb, writer of plays: Plays by, submitted: 1852-1863: Partly printed.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002003716
036-002003749
040-002003774 - Is part of:
- Add MS 52929-53708 : THE LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S PLAYS AND DAY-BOOKS; 1851-1899, 1824-1903.
Add MS 52930 A-BB : Lord Chamberlain’s Plays, 1852 - 1866. February - March 1852 .
Add MS 52930 Y : ‘The Corsican brothers’, ‘legendary drama in three acts dramatised from A. Dumas’s romance Les Frères Corses by E.… - Hierarchy:
- 032-002003716[0002]/036-002003749[0025]/040-002003774
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Add MS 52929-53708
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 item
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1852
- End Date:
- 1852
- Date Range:
- 18 Mar 1852
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Basté, Eugène Pierre, called 'Eugene Grangé', playwright, songwriter and librettist, 1810-1887
Dumas, Alexandre, called Père, writer, 1802-1870
Perrin, Xavier Henri Aymon, Count of Montépin, called Xavier de Montepin, author and playwright, 1823-1902
Webb, Charles, writer of plays